無所不用其極

See also: 无所不用其极

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)	not necessary; don't; no need to	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
trad. (無所不用其極)		無	所	不用	其	極
simp. (无所不用其极)		无	所	不用	其	极

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wú suǒ bùyòng qí jí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² bat¹ jung⁶ kei⁴ gik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wú suǒ bùyòng qí jí [Phonetic: wú suǒ búyòng qí jí]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wú suǒ bùyòng cí jí
  - Wade–Giles: wu² so³ pu⁴-yung⁴ chʻi² chi²
  - Yale: wú swǒ bù-yùng chí jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu suoo buyonq chyi jyi
  - Palladius: у со буйун ци цзи (u so bujun ci czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ so² bat¹ jung⁶ kei⁴ gik⁶
  - Yale: mòuh só bāt yuhng kèih gihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² bat⁷ jung⁶ kei⁴ gik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² bed¹ yung⁶ kéi⁴ gig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²² kʰei̯²¹ kɪk̚²/

Idiom

無所不用其極

(usually disapproving) to resort to every conceivable means; to stop at nothing; to go to any length

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